Drug details

Principen (ampicillin)

type of Penicillins, Amino

Principen (ampicillin) is a penicillin-type antibiotic used to treat many different types of infections caused by bacteria, such as ear infections, bladder infections, pneumonia, gonorrhea, and E. coli or salmonella infection. Principen is available in generic form.

The drug is often used to treat Pneumonia .

This drug may have the following side effects:

• nausea,
• headache,
• vomiting,
• diarrhea,
• stomach pain,
• vaginal itching or discharge,
• mouth/tongue sores,
• thrush (white patches inside your mouth or throat), or
• swollen, black, or "hairy" tongue.

The following drugs are related to Principen, either as a replacement or used together:

• Amoxil (amoxicillin)
• Mepron (atovaquone)
• Azactam Injection (aztreonam injection)
• Zithromax Injection (azithromycin)
• Mefoxin (cefoxitin)
• Teflaro (ceftaroline fosamil injection for intravenous (iv) use)
• Proquin XR (ciprofloxacin hcl)
• Dalvance (dalbavancin for injection)
• Dificid (fidaxomicin tablets for oral administration)
• Doribax (doripenem for injection)
• Invanz (ertapenem injection)
• EryPed (erythromycin ethylsuccinate)
• Erythrocin Lactobionate (erythromycin lactobionate)
• Zyvox (linezolid)
• MenHibrix (meningococcal groups c and y and haemophilus b tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine)
• Minocin (minocycline hydrochloride oral suspension)
• Minocin Injection (minocycline inj)
• Penicillin VK (penicillin v potassium)
• Synercid (quinupristin and dalfopristin)
• Xifaxan (rifaximin)
• Septra (trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole)
• Tygacil (tigecycline)

The following supplements are related to Principen, and may be used together with the drug:

• Cranberry (s.)
• Melatonin (s.)